Self-employed care work in your area

Hourly Care Assistant Jobs in South Elmsall

Set your own rate (typical £18.80–£20 per hour) — choose clients, hours and where you work

  • Set your own rates, with no agency cut
  • Choose your clients and your hours
  • Contracts, invoicing and payments handled for you
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Registering takes a few minutes · How soon you start depends mostly on your DBS check

Description

PrimeCarers connects self-employed carers with families needing hourly home care in South Elmsall and the surrounding area. You pick the clients you want, the hours you work and the neighbourhoods you cover, while we find the work, handle contracts, invoicing and payments, and include insurance while you’re on a visit. Right now, 17 families are currently looking for care in the wider area.

These are ongoing self-employed opportunities for daytime visits. Typical tasks include personal care (bathing, dressing, continence support), cooking or reheating meals, prompting or administering medication, helping with shopping and errands, and offering companionship to help people stay independent in their own homes. Most assignments are hourly visits during the day; many carers prefer the varied, local work you’ll find across South Elmsall and nearby towns.

If you’re used to agency life but want more control — picking the clients you like and setting how much you charge — PrimeCarers may suit you. You set your own rates (typical £18.80–£20 per hour), choose your hours and your service area, and accept the bookings that fit your diary. That flexibility is ideal if you need school-friendly hours, want to combine care with another role, or simply want to reclaim choice and fairness in your work across West Yorkshire.

To join you’ll need:

  • At least 1 year of professional care experience;
  • An Enhanced DBS (we can help arrange one if you need it);
  • The right to work in the UK;
  • Verifiable references.

We support carers with clear, fast onboarding. Applying takes minutes and profiles typically go live within days of verification. Once you’re live, PrimeCarers matches you with families across South Elmsall and nearby areas such as South Kirkby and Moorthorpe, Hemsworth, Brierley, Askern, Featherstone and Pontefract. We manage client contracts, invoicing and payment collection so you can focus on care; insurance is included while you’re working on a booking.

These roles are self-employed opportunities rather than a single advertised post. If you’re ready to take more control of your care work in South Elmsall — keep your flexibility, set fair rates and build local client relationships in West Yorkshire — create your profile and start choosing the visits that suit you.

What carers earn around South Elmsall

Carers on PrimeCarers are self-employed and set their own rates. Typical ranges are based on what carers in the area currently charge.

Hourly care

Based on 154 carers in the area

£18.80–£20 per hour

Overnight care

Based on 129 carers in the area

£17–£18 per hour

Live-in care

Based on 1982 carers in the area

£145–£160 per day

What you would take home in South Elmsall

You set your own rate on PrimeCarers, and the rate you advertise is what a client is charged for your time. Our commission comes out of that rate rather than being added to it. Put your week in and the figures below move with it.

A week

£400

25 hours a week, before tax

A month

£1,733

The same week across a calendar month, before tax

The arithmeticA weekA month

Charged for your time

£20 an hour x 25

£500

£2,166.67

PrimeCarers commission

20%, VAT included

- £100

- £433.33

You receive

£16 an hour

£400

£1,733.33

Visits shorter than six hours are charged at the hourly commission rate. The commission is taken out of the rate you advertise rather than added on top of it, and the VAT on it comes out of our share.

Tax is yours to sort out

Carers on PrimeCarers are self-employed, so Income Tax and National Insurance come out of the take-home figure above. Nothing is deducted for you and this page does not work out what you owe. Tax and money as a self-employed carer walks through registering with HMRC and what to put aside.

Rates from what 154 carers within 30km of South Elmsall on PrimeCarers charge for this kind of work, taken from the platform when this page was last built. 17 hourly and night placements within 30km of South Elmsall are open at the moment.

Register as a carer to set your own rate and apply for work around South Elmsall.

Register as a carer

Why carers choose PrimeCarers

You set your rates

Work as self-employed and choose what to charge; typical rates are £18.80–£20 per hour so you control your earnings.

Choose your hours

Pick the daytime visits and shift patterns that suit your life — mornings, afternoons or a mix across your chosen area.

Meaningful local work

Provide personal care, meal support, medication prompting and companionship to help people stay at home.

We handle the admin

PrimeCarers finds clients, manages contracts, invoices and payments, and includes insurance while you work.

How it works

  1. 1

    Create your profile

    Apply online in minutes and tell us about your experience, availability and the area around South Elmsall you want to cover.

  2. 2

    Verify checks

    Provide references, right to work and an Enhanced DBS (we can help arrange a check if needed).

  3. 3

    Choose visits

    Once verified, your profile goes live and PrimeCarers matches you with families. You accept the bookings that suit you and get paid through the platform.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Carers on PrimeCarers are self-employed: you set your own rates, choose clients, hours and the area you work in. PrimeCarers introduces families and handles booking administration.

Rates vary by care, experience and location, but carers typically charge within the range £18.80–£20 per hour. You decide your rate when you set up your profile.

You need at least 1 year of professional care experience, verifiable references, the right to work in the UK and an Enhanced DBS. If you need help with a DBS we can assist.

Applying takes minutes and profiles usually go live within days of verification. PrimeCarers works to match you with families in South Elmsall and nearby towns.

We find clients, manage contracts, invoicing and payments, and provide insurance while you work on bookings — so you can focus on delivering great care.

Ready to start earning on your own terms?

Join the carers already working with families around South Elmsall through PrimeCarers. Set your rate, choose your clients, and let us handle the admin.